Netflix beats HBO and other competitors for original TV shows and movies, according to millennials

Startup LendEDU commissioned a poll of 820 millennials to see which streaming site they considered to have the best original content.

79% percent of those polled said they preferred Netflix's original content.

"Premium channels," such as HBO or Showtime, came in at 14%, while Amazon and Hulu got just 3% and 4% respectively.

See a chart of the results below.

More and more viewers are opting to ditch their traditional television packages for streaming sites, and Netflix is far ahead of its peers when it comes to making high-quality original shows and movies.

This leaves an opening for streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video. And they are going for it.

These three have generated a lot of buzz with their critically acclaimed original series like "Stranger Things" (Netflix), "Transparent" (Amazon), and "The Handmaid's Tale" (Hulu) — all of which have been nominated for Emmys.

But which service has the best shows?

Startup LendEDU recently commissioned a poll of 820 millennials to see which streaming site they considered to have the best original content.

Netflix won by a landslide.

79% percent of those polled said they preferred Netflix's original content. "Premium channels," such as HBO or Showtime, came in at 14%, while Amazon and Hulu got just 3% and 4% respectively.

You can see the poll results here:

One likely reason Netflix is so far ahead is that its programming budget is gargantuan. Netflix will spend $7 billion on programming next year (and $6 billion in 2017).